Sentences with phrase «nu river»

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In 2004, Premier Wen Jiabao suspended plans for 13 dams along the undammed Nu River.

Premier Wen Jiabao recently renewed calls to halt dam work on the Nu river, work that, far from the auspices of Beijing, appeared to be continuing in secret.

As official support grows for dams along the Nu river, and companies make plans to turn local forests into resorts, Yu knows he has his work cut out for him.

TH: At this point, as speculation rises that dams will be built along the Nu River, what are your hopes and fears?

Yu: Of course, I think that to dam the Nu River would impact this World Heritage site.

In March 2016, I travelled with Wang and a small group of environmentalists to the Nu River.

In an incredible victory for the burgeoning Chinese environmental movement, in 2004 Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao announced the suspension of all projects on the Nu River pending further scientific study.

However, in February 2011, Chinese officials revealed plans to resume the Nu River dams as part of China's 12th Five - Year Plan, which aims to add up to 140 GW of new hydropower capacity to meet its renewable energy targets.

Scientists in China have discovered the world's fifth species of snub - nosed monkey in the Nu River Valley.

More widely known as the Myanmar Snub - nosed Monkey since it was first discovered in northeast Burma, this rare species has been dubbed the «Nu River snub - nosed monkey» in Chinese by scientists, who confirmed their relation to the Burmese species through a DNA analysis of their excrement collected near the Nu River in Yunnan province.

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Parts of the Nu River are also designated as a World Heritage site and the Nature Conservancy and Conservation International have delineated stretches of this river and its tributaries as biodiversity hotspots.

Thirteen large hydropower dams are proposed for the main stream of the Nu River in Tibet and Yunnan Province in China.

From its headwaters in the Tibetan Plateau, the Nu River flows through China, Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand.

Environmental, social, and economic factors make the Nu River basin extremely sensitive to hydropower installations.

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In the Himalayas, the glacial system provides water and sediment to the intensively tilled valleys of the Indus, Amu Darya, Ganga (Ganges), Brahmaputra, Yellow, Yangtze, Sutlej, Mekong and Nu / Salween, and these river systems nourish food production and sustain the lives of millions.

In the early 2000s, Wang and a few other Chinese environmentalists intensified efforts to cancel plans for 13 large dams along the Nu - Salween River in Southwestern China.

Thanks to the efforts of grassroots campaigners like Yu, the human and environmental costs of a proposed mega-dam project on the Salween (Nu) river led Beijing to call off that project in 2004.